The investigation of Jerry Sandusky is, of course, inextricably intertwined with Penn State.

So even though a report released Monday didn't address issues related to Penn State's handling of the case, those connected to the university have found takeaways to relate to issues they've been fixated on since this broke open in 2011.

Ultimately, this report hasn't generally changed their opinions. But the legions of Penn State faithful who are doggedly following this case for the better part of three years are beginning to show different factions.

You have the group that has pushed — and will continue to push — for a full investigation of Children and Youth Services' role in the Sandusky probe, and whether that agency dragged its feet in involving police.

You have the group that has, since November 2011, been attempting to clear Joe Paterno's name and exonerate him of wrongdoing in the court of public opinion.

Many of those Paterno supporters also have been skeptical about charges levied against three former administrators accused of knowingly covering up child abuse at Sandusky's hands.

Those former administrators and their attorneys continue to argue behind closed doors that Cynthia Baldwin, a former general counsel for Penn State, violated their basic right to be fairly represented while testifying before the grand jury, as Baldwin later testified herself in the investigation.

And then you have a small faction of people, like FramingPaterno.com blogger John Ziegler, who believe Sandusky isn't a pedophile and never molested any children. Those people took plenty of issue with Kane's report.

Penn State — though special investigator Geoffrey Moulton wrote the university stonewalled efforts to obtain information about Sandusky — declined to comment on the report Monday.

Others applauded its findings, saying that Moulton's assertions that those involved with the Sandusky investigation should have filed charges sooner were confirmation of "our worst fears."

State Rep. Scott Conklin, a Democrat from State College, said the report lacks a thorough explanation for those delays in the investigation, specifically between when prosecutor Jonelle Eshbach drafted a grand jury presentment in 2010 to when Sandusky ultimately was arrested in November 2011.

"I trust that the tough questions were asked and a thorough investigation led to today's report," Conklin said in a statement. "It is my hope that where there are loose ends in the attorney general's report, Gov. Corbett will step up and fill those gaps."

Tom Corbett responded to the report in a statement Monday, saying he stood behind the investigation that he led while attorney general. "This investigation was conducted appropriately and timely," he said in a statement.

Wendy Silverwood, a 1982 Penn State alumna who has spoken before the Board of Trustees several times about her concerns related to CYS and other state agencies, said Monday's report "solidified" what she had thought all along.

"In politics, corruption and political maneuvering, who gets marginalized? The women and the kids," Silverwood said. "I think it's time. It's time to start asking some of these hard questions. I think this report has helped a lot, but it wasn't political. The investigation was flawed and we need to find out why."

Thought Moulton said CYS could have communicated better with law enforcement, he wrote that the agency responded to allegations of sexual abuse in a "textbook fashion."

Silverwood also said she blames Baldwin for what Moulton said was Penn State's inability to quickly produce documents once subpoenaed by a grand jury. Scott Paterno, the son of Paterno, tweeted a similar comment: "Look who was stonewalling at PSU - sudden star witness Cynthia Baldwin."

While Moulton's report doesn't specifically name Baldwin as the person in Penn State's offices who was thwarting efforts to obtain information about Sandusky, she was mentioned in a footnote that she was the one to whom the subpoeana was addressed.

In a June 2011 email between investigators, Baldwin was named as the one who had "continue[d] to stall by filing motions to try to thwart our subpoena requests."

Investigators generally agree that Penn State took more than two years to produce information requested by the grand jury, and that delay is likely a part of prosecutors' case against the three administrators awaiting trial.

While much of the Penn State fan base spars over Paterno and former administrators, a small faction that believes Sandusky never touched a child to begin with believes that Kane's report was "obviously political."

John Ziegler, a documentarian, said he felt the report was designed to give everybody a little bit of what they wanted.

"Nobody is going to change their minds about this case at this point. It's almost impossible," he said.

And with regard to Moulton's claims that Sandusky should have been arrested sooner?

"The bottom line reality is that Jerry Sandusky was not arrested sooner because there was no evidence on which to base a legitimate indictment. Had they indicted, the case would have been laughed out of court," Ziegler said.

Sandusky, now 70, is serving out a 30- to 60-year prison sentence after being convicted of molesting 10 boys.

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